Exercise may actually be bad for you A professor says he stumbled upon this "potentially explosive" insight. The New York Times has been quick to peddle it. And couch potatoes descend on it like vultures on road kill. But professors can get it wrong, too. Before we judge the verity of the "exercise ... Read more

In the fight over best diet for health and weight loss, it's protein lovers vs. vegetarian zealots. So far, a clear winner has not emerged. Only one loser you, the victim of biased research. Here is an example of why you should keep your !**@! alarm on high alert when reading about weight loss di... Read more

In the fight over best diet for health and weight loss, it's protein lovers vs. vegetarian zealots. So far, a clear winner has not emerged. Only one loser you, the victim of biased research. Here is an example of why you should keep your !**@! alarm on high alert when reading about weight loss di... Read more

The media says yes. Science says maybe. In the end, you decide. Here are the facts A truffle treatment for heart disease is imminent. That's what a recent article suggests, headlined in the New York Daily News as "Dark chocolate cuts heart deaths; Study shows benefits for high risk cardiac patients.... Read more

With the decoding of the human genome came the hope of getting a lever on the chronic diseases, which kill most of us today heart disease, stroke, diabetes and many cancers. And since overweight and obesity are a common cause of those diseases, many obese people were, and still are, yearning for tha... Read more